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		<title>National Defense Authorization Act</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently emailed both my senators: Dear Senator (Moran) (Roberts): I was bitterly disappointd to see that you voted in favor of H.R. 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010. Supporting a bill that authorizes the indefinite detention of American citizens without charges or trial is unconscionable. If the President vetoes this bill &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2011/12/12/national-defense-authorization-act/</link>
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		<title>Wall Street Protesters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does it seem to you that the Wall Street protesters are different now than they were in the short few days since they started? At first they said they were protesting corporate greed.  I know that sounds good, but I don&#8217;t know if they mean that businesses should not make a profit, or that personal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2011/10/11/wall-street-protesters/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;d Prefer the High Road, Please</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have come to the realization that I dislike politics. That&#8217;s an astonishing epiphany for someone as actively involved in a political party as I am.  I think it came to me when it was suggested that I run for office, and I realized that there are few things that would make me less happy. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2011/10/11/231/</link>
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		<title>Solstice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And so we in the northern hemisphere come to the shortest day, the longest night of the year. However you celebrate the season of the winter solstice, I wish every one of you warmth, brightness, and joy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2010/12/20/solstice/</link>
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		<title>Emptier Closet, Fuller Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m feeling rather virtuous this evening. A couple of weeks ago, there was an article in the paper about a local charitable organization starting a career clothing bank.  They are collecting good suits and dresses and dressy blouses for women who are going for job interviews or who have already been hired, and who have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2010/12/20/219/</link>
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		<title>If Only</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in case you’ve forgotten, modern English is a distributive language.  That means that it is the word order that determines the meaning of the sentence.  It matters:   Dog bites man. Man bites dog.    In Latin or any other inflected language, “man” and “dog” would have endings or other form changes that would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2010/11/29/if-only/</link>
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		<title>Tax Breaks for All</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my many objections to the Internal Revenue Service, as I have written before, is its distance from its original function, which is to raise money for use by the government.   As a Libertarian, I find its basic function offensive enough; but the IRS has now strayed into the dodgy area of trying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2010/11/29/tax-breaks-for-all/</link>
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		<title>You Pays Your Money and You Takes Your Chances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One impractical solution to the airport security problem:   The airlines provide two planes for every flight.  One of them will carry all passengers whose persons have been scanned or patted down and whose luggage has been screened.  The other plane will carry all passengers who have chosen neither to be subjected to any security [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2010/11/29/you-pays-your-money-and-you-takes-your-chances/</link>
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		<title>Name Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I vote we change TSA to T&#38;A.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2010/11/22/name-change/</link>
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		<title>What I Want for Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, yeah!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joyfulcynicblog.com/index.php/2010/11/13/what-i-want-for-christmas/</link>
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